DuckNorris
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I live in the suburbs in Southeast Florida not far from the Everglades.
About four times in the past month or so, I've heard a distinctive call that sounds like a distress call.
Upon investigating, it's coming from an osprey that is flying about 100-200ft above my neighborhood.
The osprey always flies in an undulating pattern (up and down). I'd guess the undulations are maybe 10 feet in amplitude.
The last time I noticed it up there, I also noticed it kept its legs and talons extended as though it were about to catch a fish or land on a branch, but it was a 100-200 feet in the air and kept flying up and down. I don't remember it having its legs extended the other times, but maybe I just didn't notice.
The first time I noticed this, I saw another osprey join the one making the calls, and they flew off together.
Is this maybe how ospreys find each other?
I didn't see what happened the other times.
I see ospreys all the time around here when I go out birding, but I've seen the above behavior only in my neighborhood and only recently.
About four times in the past month or so, I've heard a distinctive call that sounds like a distress call.
Upon investigating, it's coming from an osprey that is flying about 100-200ft above my neighborhood.
The osprey always flies in an undulating pattern (up and down). I'd guess the undulations are maybe 10 feet in amplitude.
The last time I noticed it up there, I also noticed it kept its legs and talons extended as though it were about to catch a fish or land on a branch, but it was a 100-200 feet in the air and kept flying up and down. I don't remember it having its legs extended the other times, but maybe I just didn't notice.
The first time I noticed this, I saw another osprey join the one making the calls, and they flew off together.
Is this maybe how ospreys find each other?
I didn't see what happened the other times.
I see ospreys all the time around here when I go out birding, but I've seen the above behavior only in my neighborhood and only recently.
